Comments on: Drafting Blueprints, Part 5

By: My Faith Was Demanding It | Lindsey Nobles

My Faith Was Demanding It | Lindsey Nobles — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:56:33 +0000

[...] to note that I also wrote posts about other big hairy audacious goals like getting married and having kids. And unfortunately I’ve got nothing to report in either area. [...]

By: Drafting Blueprints, Part 7 | Lindsey Nobles

Drafting Blueprints, Part 7 | Lindsey Nobles — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:15:13 +0000

[...] Part 5 – I want to have kids. [...]

By: thegypsymama

thegypsymama — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:57:54 +0000

Isn't blogging interesting how it gives us peeks into otherwise strangers' hearts? This was a glimpse into such a beautiful, bold, and equally vulnerable part of you, Lindsey. I am enjoying going back and reading your blueprint posts - the plans for the house of life you are building. So, kids, eh? Yes, they are something. From my own backwards road to motherhood (read more here if bored or looking for something to procrastinate with http://thegypsymama.com/2009/12/10/because-once-u... I think the fact that this desire is so solid and real and already being lived out in so many kids lives through you, is a remarkable testament to God's already-answer. My favorite, favorite, Ann Voskamp wrote the most remarkable post I have ever read about what it means to be a mother - aside from the literal children one produces. It speaks to so many of the things you describe above. It isn't the answer to your desire altogether, but it is at least a beginning. http://www.aholyexperience.com/2008/05/dwelling-p... ~Lisa-Jo

By: Drafting Blueprints, Part 6 | Lindsey Nobles

Drafting Blueprints, Part 6 | Lindsey Nobles — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:18:12 +0000

[...] Part 5 – I want to have kids. [...]

By: Lindsey_Nobles

Lindsey_Nobles — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:05:52 +0000

Your comment made me teary-eyed. I miss you, friend. Hope our paths cross again soon!

By: Laura G.

Laura G. — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:03:56 +0000

By admiitting that you feel you haven't earned the right, I think you have shot yourself lightyears ahead of so many people who actually have children. They are a gift, but they are also worthy of having people who want them, who will love them, nurture them, and most of ensure their best interests and needs are met. Linds, I think you would be great at all of those things and I think you have the right to want children and to say that outloud- don't be humiliated by that desire. It is something you would be amazing at!!! And those girls are awfully lucky to have their Lulu XO, L

By: Lindsey_Nobles

Lindsey_Nobles — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:48:37 +0000

Hilarious. I wouldn't take it personally…you are in great company of lame and stupid men. Some of which have actually met me. Crazy, huh?

By: Jeremy Barr

Jeremy Barr — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:38:32 +0000

I have to agree with Michael and Jason…we're not the brightest in the world.

You've been really bold sharing about what you want out of life. Thanks for "going first" when it comes to those areas that we all have trouble talking about.

It seems like I bury dreams every day, and some days it's just worse when I'm really feeling down about something. Many times I struggle to remember through all of it that God has plans for me, and they may not be the same plans I have, or even the same results I want, but He has the best in mind for me and I have to trust in that. Easier said than done sometimes.
My recent post I Am Second – Sam and Colt

By: thelmabowlen

thelmabowlen — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:49:30 +0000

I think you'll be an amazing wife AND mother someday. It's only a matter of God's perfect timing. And having had my daughter 6 months after I turned 20, I missed out on really enjoying being single. I have yet to travel, to learn how to cook, to be "single" instead of a "single mom". I think if I became a mom in my 30s or 40s I would have been far more equipped on so many levels. (But that's fodder for my own blog. LOL.)

But looking back, I know that God is sovereign and has each of our lives planned out perfectly for His Glory. I know yours is.

And speaking as one who was adopted — yup, another one for my blog — it is something I am truly grateful for. It's something anyone who wants kids should consider whether they have biological ones or not.

By: Prudence

Prudence — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:03:19 +0000

I'm 34 will be 35 in July. I will married for 9 years in May. I've really battled wanting children. To the point that I became obsessive about it. I wasn't the nagging wife. Nearly three years ago God rocked my world, in that He took me to the place of my husband saying he wasn't sure he wanted kids. I did a complete 180 and for a year and a half I wanted nothing to do with having children, but I still every now and then had the desire. I'd shove those feelings behind the old junky boxes and beg God to take them away. I finally had to approach my husband and ask that he pray for me because I was once again battling jealousy of my (younger, more recently married) sisters-in-law who just had babies, one of them their second. It opened up lines of conversation between my husband and I. He said that God was working on his heart and he more and more felt like we are supposed to start a family. I had to think and pray long and hard about what I wanted. And it's come down to yes I want to have children. As it stands now God is still saying wait. From our own point of view some things need to happen first before we start trying. In April we sponsored a little girl in India through Compassion. We love as if she were our own. I still struggle some days with envy with bordering on becoming obsessive again. Now I turn to God with a different heart and attitude. He gives me grace and patience.